How President Biden’s reconciliation bill may transform early childhood learning

EVEN AS THE pandemic continues to upend the way children live, President Joe Biden has been pushing to invest in early childhood education and bolster the long-beleaguered child care sector.

Under pressure for some time, many child care providers have been on the brink of closure due to escalating costs while many families cannot afford the care they need to be able to work outside the home. And child care workers often subsist on poverty wages.